Hippocrates (460-375 BCE)
"Life is short but art is long."
Attributed to Hippocrates in Hermotimus or On Philosophical Schools (section 1) by Lucian of Samosata...
An unknown 18th-century artist created this painting of Saint Eligius, an altruistic artisan and bishop who lived during the time of the Merovingian Frankish...
This rather damaged painting by an unknown 16th or 17th century artist re-creates an infamous legend from the history of ancient Rome. Specifically, it...
(Gregory the Illuminator, 14th century mosaic from the Pammakaristos Church, Constantinople, via Creative Commons)
The reign of Constantine the Great is often seen as...
Sun Tzu (sayings recorded between the 6th and 3rd centuries BCE)
"Men who have
Faced death
Can achieve anything"
Sun Tzu's The Art of War (Chapter eleven), translated by...
